Canada-based Dapper Labs, the company behind viral blockchain game CryptoKitties, has announced its US$11 million fundraise and the release of Flow, a new blockchain for decentralized apps in gaming,...

ATHENS, Sept 12 — Greece will seek a buyer for a 30 per-ent stake in Athens International Airport, the finance minister said yesterday, amid a privatisation push by the country's new conservative go...

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 7): As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR), rubber glove maker Supermax Corporation Bhd is giving away its Aveo contact lenses for free to consumers in the B40 income ...

Datu Dr Penguang Manggil
SIBU: Assistant Minister of Local Government and Housing Datu Dr Penguang Manggil hopes Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) will be more transparent in its dealings and steps up eng...

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR), rubber glove maker Supermax Corporation Bhd is giving away its Aveo contact lenses for free to consumers in the B40 income ...

MILAN, Sept 6 — Companies hoping to rescue Italian carrier Alitalia will ask for a deadline for presenting their plan to be extended as they are still negotiating key aspects, two sources familiar w...

HANOI, Sept 5 — Vietnam Airlines has become the first carrier in the country to secure a coveted license to fly direct to the United States, according to the airline and a regulatory filing seen by ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 5 — Washington yesterday announced new import duties on more than US$1 billion (RM4.19 billion) in imported structural steel from China and Mexico, saying manufacturers in those cou...

Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world’s biggest killer within just a few decades if current trends persist, researchers sai...

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia wants to return almost 200 shipping containers believed to contain plastic waste, officials said on Thursday (Aug 29), but first they need to work out where they came fro...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia wants to return almost 200 shipping containers believed to contain plastic waste, officials said Thursday (Aug 29), but first they need to need to work out where they came from...

Given the disruptions to school systems being brought by digitalisation and the new industrial revolution it fuels, the biggest concern for governments and parents throughout the world should be to wo...

MEXICO CITY, Aug 28 ― Mexico's president said yesterday his government has reached a deal with gas pipeline operators to settle a dispute over contracts signed under his predecessor, defusing a row ...

WITH reference to our StarBizWeek story entitled “Bringing Petronas Forward” on Aug 24, the company has clarified that the overall capex for its LNG project in Canada will be about US$5bil-US$6bil until 2024, and not as reported

G7 leaders agreed that President Emmanuel Macron should hold talks and pass on messages to Iran after they discussed the issue at a summit in southwestern France on Saturday evening, a French presiden...

BIARRITZ, Aug 25 — President Donald Trump today denied that his trade war with China is causing friction at the G7 summit, but indicated he will hold off from a threatened further escalation for now...

Squabbles erupted among G7 nations on Saturday as their leaders gathered for an annual summit, exposing sharp differences on global trade tensions, Britain’s exit from the EU and how to respond to t...

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 23): Malaysia’s tourist receipts grew 6.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM41.69 billion during the first half of the year (1H19), compared with RM39 billion in the corresponding period ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — Malaysia welcomed a whopping 13.35 million international tourists and recorded a 6.8 per cent growth in tourist receipts from a year ago, thus contributing RM41.69 billion to ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 — President Donald Trump will highlight US economic policies under his stewardship at meetings with other G7 leaders this weekend in France and encourage allies to follow the Amer...

ABILLIONVEG, a social impact platform powering the plant-based movement, has today announced that it has secured US$2 million (RM8.36 million) in seed funding led by California based venture fund 500 ...

China's embassy in Ottawa warned Canada on Sunday to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs a day after the country issued a joint statement with the European Union in defence of the "fundamental right of...

Indonesia’s crackdown on imported foreign waste has upset the village of Bangun, where residents say they earn more money sorting through piles of garbage than growing rice in once-lush paddy fields...

MELAKA (Aug 15): Malaysia needs a clearer vision and a different approach if it intends to carry out the mission to send its second astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS), said the Directo...

TOKYO: Acura, Honda's luxury-performance brand in Canada and the US, has marked the start of the return of its Type S performance variants with the introduction of the Type S Concept after a decade-l...

KUALA LUMPUR: The government should draw up the Anti-Racial Discrimination Act as an important step in efforts to strengthen unity in the country, according to Federal Territory PKR Youth chief Na’i...

JAKARTA, Aug 8 — The former CEO of Indonesian carrier Garuda has been arrested on money-laundering charges linked to a major corruption scandal that saw British engine-maker Rolls-Royce pay more tha...

LONDON: The new Lotus Evija (Type 130) hypercar will soon make its debut later in the US this month, but meanwhile it's taking in the lime-light at Monterey Car Week, as the company looks to start pro...

BANGKOK: The 10-member Asean bloc has reiterated its readiness to work with the international community to enhance cooperation to stop illegal traffic of trans-boundary movement of hazardous chemicals...

BANGKOK (Aug 3): The 10-member Asean bloc has reiterated its readiness to work with the international community to enhance cooperation to stop illegal traffic of trans-boundary movement of hazardous c...

BANGKOK: Asean has reiterated its readiness to work with the international community to stop illegal trans-boundary movement of hazardous chemicals and wastes which is turning the region into a global...

The 10-member Asean bloc reiterated its readiness to work with the international community to enhance cooperation to stop illegal traffic of hazardous chemicals and wastes, in line with agreed interna...

LONDON, Aug 1 — British American Tobacco reported better than expected first half sales today, helped by higher demand for e-cigarettes and tobacco heating products, and said revenue growth would ac...

MUMBAI: Malaysia is set to replace Indonesia as the top palm oil supplier to India in 2019 as New Delhi has been charging lower import tax on refined palm oil shipments from Malaysia, giving Kuala Lum...

COLOMBO (July 30): Sri Lanka will offer free tourism visas on arrival to citizens of almost 50 countries, a government document showed on Tuesday, as it tries to woo back visitors after militant attac...

MUMBAI (July 30): Malaysia is set to replace Indonesia as the top palm oil supplier to India in 2019 as New Delhi has been charging lower import tax on refined palm oil shipments from Malaysia, giving...

LOS ANGELES, July 30 — A hacker accessed more than 100 million credit card applications with US financial heavyweight Capital One, the firm said yesterday, in one of the biggest data thefts to hit a...

According to Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index, which culls the results of millions of tests conducted over the month via its Web and mobile apps, the average speed of fixed broadband Internet around the world has increased by 28.5% over the last year, climbing up to download speeds of 59.45Mbps in June 2019.